Sound And Vision: The Safdie Brothers

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several music videos directed by Josh and Benny Safdie. In the Sound and Vision I explore the connection between a directors cinematic output and their music videos. So it might be surprising that I rarely discuss so-called tie-in music videos, those music videos for songs that feature heavily on a film's soundtrack. There is a reason for that: I feel it goes against the thesis of the Sound and Vision as these are as often about the schisms between the two mediums as they are about the similarities. It also would constitute laziness on my part: most tie-in music videos are nothing more...

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